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Germany Declares War on Russia
Historical Significance
-This was one of the first times an act such as war has occured between Germany and Russia.
Cause & Affect
-The cause of germany issuing war on Russia resulted in the so called "Great-war". The affect of this would be destruction/devastation and loss of lives. -
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August 1914- June 1919
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WW1 Timeline
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Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium. Schlieffen Plan is implemented by the German’s.
Continuity & Change
-The devlopment of the Scliffen plan was taken place in 1905 but implemented in 1914. Which later became a deployment plan by the German staff.
Historical Perspective
-The purpose of invading Belgium was because Germany went through Belgium in oder to get to the French and quickly capture Paris.
-The Schlieffen Plan, called for this to take days and then for France to declare defeat , thus ending the threat in the West. But it did not end this way. -
Britian declares war on Germany
Cause & Affect
The British declaration of war caused the german's to come up with the Schlieffan plan in order to win the war.
-The affect of this plan was that their own plan back fired as their enimies were smarter.
Ethical Dimmension
-Belgium's ports were close to the British coast and German control of Belgium would have been seen as a serious threat to Britain. In the end, Britain refused to ignore the events of 4 August 1914, when Germany attacked France through Belgium. -
The First Battle of the Marne begins. Soldiers on both sides dig in in which trench war fare begins
Historical Singificance
-This was one of the first times that trech warfare was brought up and was used by both enemies.
Contuinity & Change
-During the battle of Marne what was devloped is called trench warfare which was brought up to prevent complete obliteration, soldiers had to dig holes to hide in; however, it also led to more deaths because of the concentration of people and the lack of mobility.
-If a bomb landed in a trench, there was nowhere for the soldiers to go. -
First Battle of Ypres begins
Historical Significance
-The significance of the first battly of Ypres was the fact that it was taken place near the Belgian city of Ypres,Allied and German forces begin the first of what would be three battles to control the city and its advantageous positions on the north coast of Belgium during the First World War.Also known as the first battle of Flanders.
Ethical Dimmension
-The reason behind this was British desire to secure the English Channel ports and the British Army's supply lines -
Turkey takes part in the war on Germany’s side. The western front dominates Trench Warfare
Historical Significance
-This was one fo the first times in historyt hat a minor power such as Turkey took part.
Cause & Affect
-Turkey taking part in the war lead to one of the most disastrous campaigns of the war, the Dardanelles campaign.
-This caused to force a passage through the straits to the Black Sea, at once supplying Russia from the Mediterranean and taking Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. -
The Second Battle of Ypres begins. The Germans first use poison gas.
Historical Significance
-The Second battle was very significant since the France started using posion gas this was the first for the Germans.
-Also a first time for a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated that of a European power (the German Empire) on European soil,
Cause & Affect
-This battle caused a canadian to defeat european power.
-This affected Canada by giving hope and pride to the nation of our athnecity. -
The Battle of Gallipoli
Cause & Affect
-The casue of this battle was a lack of sufficient intelligence and knowledge of the terrain, along with a fierce Turkish resistance, hampered the success of the invasion.
-This affected the allied forces had suffered heavy casualties and had made little headway from their initial landing sites.
Ethical Dimmension
-It was not morally right for a battle such as this to take place was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied Powers to control the sea route from Europe to Russia. -
Tsar Nicholas II takes control over Russia's armies.
Historical Significance
-He was significant if his role being the last Tsar of Russia under Romanov rule.
Cause & Affect
-The cause of him gaining power over the Russian army caused poor handling of Bloody Sunday and Russia’s role in World War I.
-Which affected the country and him by ledding to his abdication and execution. -
Conscription is introduced in Britian
Cause & Affect
-Conscription caused every single man and childless widower between 18 and 41 was offered three choices: 1) Enlist at once. 2) Attest at once under Derby’s system. 3) Or on 2 March 1916 be automatically deemed to have enlisted.
-The affect was a protest.
Ethical Dimmension
-It is not morally right for men/families to be lied to or recruited to the war by just offering goods (money). Join the battle at your own risk is a morally right unconscripted thing to say to the citizien's. -
(Tunring Point) Zimmerman Telegram
The telegram was a turning point because it was supposed to entice Mexico to join the German war effort and invade the United States. The telegram was intercepted by the British. -Released to the American press which created a firestorm, the public opinion against the Germans.
Ethical Dimension
-Ethically it was not right for the Germans to get greedy for power and to think of invading the US which was not their land int he first place.
Historical Perspective
-The purpose was to invade USA -
(Turning Point)The United States enter ww1
USA declared war on Germsny
Ethical DImmension
-I strongly believe this is a turning point because USA being the neutral country enters war with a strong bang by declaring it on no one else but Germany which is one of the worlds strong powers at the time.
Historical Perpective
-The purpose of going to war came from wilson to going against Ger
Cause & Affect
-The cause is joinging the war even after 2 and a half years of beign neutral.
-The affect of the U.S. entrance into the war was economic. -
The Battle of Jutland
Historical Significance
-The significance of this battel was that this was a major naval battle of the war.
Historical Perspective
The purpose of this was It was generally believed that Britain had naval supremacy not only in Europe but also throughout the world. One of the major clashes involving the British Royal Navy's against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet was the navy. -
Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden introduced a Military Service Bill
Historical Perspective
-The citizen's in Quebec had a riot when they first heard of such a act it was unevenly administered, and there were numerous evasions and many exemptions.
Cause & Affect
-This bill caused only 24,132 conscripts by the end of war.
-This act affected the military value but its political consequences are clear. It led to Borden's Union government and drove most of his French Canadian supporters into opposition by this attempt to enforce their participation in a war. -
The Battle of the Somme begins
Historical Significance
-This battle was significant for the involvement of 1,000,000 men being wounded or killed, making it one of the bloodiest battles in human history.
Ethical Dimmension
-It was morally right for all of the world powers to join and act together (French, Russia, Britian and Italy) to fight and win. -
The Battle of Passchendaele begins
Also known as the third battle of Ypres
Historical Significance
-This was a significant battle for the British for loosing an estimated 275,000 casualties at Passchendaele to the German’s 220,000, making it one of the war’s most costly battles of attrition.
Ethical Dimmension
-It was not morally right to send men to fight for their country in horrible conditions such as unceasing rain and shellfire reduced the battlefield to a vast bog of bodies, water-filled shell craters, and mud. -
British tanks win a victory at Cambria
Historical Significance
-This use of artillery especially equipment such as tanks were very significant through out the battle of Cambrai.
Ethically Dimension
-Ethically it was not right to use tanks if they were not highly devloped at the time they caused the Germans suffered losses of approximately 50,000 and the British 45,000.
-Ultimately the massed deployment of tanks had failed to achieve the desired for breakthrough. -
(Turning Point) The second Battle of Marne
*The third turning point throughout this war wast the 2nd battle of marne.The Second Battle of the Marne marked the turning of the tide in World War I. It began with the last German offensive of the conflict and was quickly followed by the first allied offensive victory of 1918.
Historical Perspective
-The purpose of this battle was to tie the knot on victory during the war.
Historical Significance
-significantly this battle was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. -
Germany signed an armistice with the Allies
Historical Significance
-The significance of this Armistice of Compiègne is it marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender. The Germans were responding to the policies proposed by United States president Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points of January 1918.
Ethical Dimmension
-Ethically Germany is right to go with this which leds to the war ending and finally bringing peace upon nations. -
The Treaty of Versailles officially ends WWI.
Cause & Affect
-WW1 caused Europe devastated. Those countries that had fought in it, had suffered casualties never experienced before:
Britain : 1,500,000 wounded
France : 1,400,000 soldiers killed; 2,500,000 wounded
Russia : 1,700,000 soldiers killed
America : 116,000 soldiers killed
-Although the ever after affect was peace.
Ethical Dimmension
It was morally not right for nations like this to fight and use different methods (ex.propoganda/conscription) just so their country can win.
